Multiple-rail chair.



B. B. BETTS.

MULUPLE RAIL CHAIR. APPLICATION F|LED)DEC.18| 1916.

1,240,408, PatentedSept. 18,1917.

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,ZBENJAMIN B. enters, or s r. tours, MISSOURI.

MULTIPLE-RAIL cHAin.

To all whom it mag concern; I,

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN B. Bn'r'rs, a citizen of the United States,and resident of St. Louis,'State of Missouri, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in ItTlIltlPlG-Rflll Chairs, of which thefollowing is a specification containing a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart hereof.

My invention relates to improvements in multiple rail chairs wherein aunitary structure provides seats and securing means for a number ofrails whose base flanges are to be maintained at different elevations.

The object of my improvements is to provide a chair providing seats fora main running rail and a siding running rail in the'same plane but at arelative angular relationship and a seat in a plane above the mentionedseats and alining with the seat of the siding running rail whereby: toprovide in a single unitary structure a chair for a main running railand a siding run ning rail of substantially the same dimensions andweight and for a switch point rail of dimensions and weight differingfrom the other rails. V

In the accompanying drawing, made a part of this specification,

Figure 1,- shows in 'plan'a chairembodying my improvements, a fragmentofa main running rail, a fragment of a siding running rail and afragment of a switch point rail.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the chair, and

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional elevation taken on the line 33 of Fig.1.

Referringto the drawing by numerals, 5 designates the main running rail,6 the siding running rail and 7 the switch-point rail, and it is to beparticularly noted that the two running rails 5 and 6 are much, largerthan the switch-point rail, the said running rails being for example onehundred pound rails, and-the'switch-point rail being an eighty poundrail.

The lighter weight of the switch point rail allows for more easilymoving the same as required for switching purposes.

In rail manufacturing when changes are made in rail weights acorresponding change is made in their sectional dimensions, hence, the.switch point rail will be less in height from the top of the ball to thebottom of Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 18, 191?.

Application fiIed December 18, 19116. -Seria1No. 137,541.

the base and less. in width from side to side of'its base flanges thanthe running rails.

For this reason 1 construct my chair with rail seats .of differentwidths and in difl er en't planes to the end that rails of differentweights when supported thereby will have theirballs in substantially thesal'ne plane and certain of the rails in relative alincment withrespectto their balls.

The numeral 8 designates the plate as a whole, which is of substantiallyrectangular oblong shape, its greater dimension disposed lengthwise ofits supporting sleeper and its lesser dimension disposed in the trend ofthe rails supported thereby. Near one end of the chair there is anupstanding shoulder Qwhich partially defines the seat 10 for the mainrunningrail 5. Intersectingthe shonl der and extended through the bodyof the chair are the spike openings 11 wherebyv to secure the one baseflange of the running rall 5 and-the one end of the chair to a sleeper.Upstanding from thebody of the chair parallel with the shoulder 9 is aflange 12 which defines the margin of the seat 10 oppositetheshoulder 9.This flange is arranged topartiallyoverhang the one flange of the rail 5to serve as rail securing means, the spikes 13,1one only of which isshown in Fig. 3, serving to secure the opposite flange of therail 5.

Arising from the chair body adjacent the flange 12 is a shoulder 14which extends for only a portion of the width of the chair and at anangle to the flange 12.

Paralleling the shoulder 14, and of substantially' the same lengththereof and arranged at the chair end opposite the shoulder 9, is ashoulder 15, which with the shoulder 14 defines the seat 16 for the endof the siding running rail 6.

Intersecting the shoulders 14 and 15 and extended through the chair bodyare the spike openings 17 whereby to secure the siding running rail tothe chair.

Arising from the chair body to one side of the seat 16 is a seat 18which stands in a'plane above the seat 16, and arising from said seat 18at each of its ends is a flange 19 overhanging the seat whereby tosecure therebetween the base flanges of the switch point rail 7.

The seat 18 alines with the seat 16 and is of a lesser width to the endthat when the switch point rail is placed on the seat 18 with its baseflanges inserted between the ball of the sidingrunning rail 6 and theone side face of its ball in alinement with the corresponding side faceof the siding running rail 6.

By the employment of the chairembodying the arrangement of seats asdescribed the base flange of the switch point rail may be .moved:laterally overthe base flange rail of the main running rail to theend-that the base of the switch point rail need not be reduced in widthto the extent common to the employment of chairs supporting the runningand switch point rails in the same plane, thereby lending to the lifeand safety of the switch point rail, and a consequent cost in labor inproducing and installing .the switch point rail.

.I-Iavingthus described my invention, what I claim as new therein anddesire to secure 15y Letters Patent of the United Statesthereor 1s: v

1. 1A rail chair having a seat for a running rail at one end and a seatfor a switch rail at the other end, the latterseat being at a differentlevel-and atan angle :to the first seat.

2. A rail chair ning rail at one end .anda seat :for a switch ,railbeingat anzangle to the running rail andclocated ata higher leveL' 3. A .railchair having aseat for a run ning rail at one end, and a seat .foraswitch rail at. the other end, the switch .rail seat being at an angleto the first seat, and at a higher level, and beingof less width.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for having .a vseat 'tor a run- 74. A rail chair having aseat near its one end and coextensive with itswidth and means for securing a rail therein, a second are in alinementand the -.remaining seat at w .an angletothe alined seats.

' 6. .Aj-rail chair provided with two seats of different elevationsarranged end to end of said seats beingprovided with'hooked .fianges forsecuring thebaseflange of a rail andthe other being provided withshoulders and spike openings intersecting said shoul-' .ders. v

7. A vrail chair having two seats of difier- V ent widthsarrangedend.toend and occupying the width of the chair,vone of said seats beingprovided with hooked flanges for securingithe base flange of a rail andthe-other being provided with shoulders and spike V aopenings'intersecting said shoulders; .rail at the other end, the seatfor vthe switch In testimony whereof, I have signed my two subscribingwitnesses.

BENJAMIN'B BETTS. l/Vitnessesz Y i R. G. ORWIe,

five cents each, Jay addressing the Commissioner, of Patents,Washington, ,1). G. r V l name to this specification, in. presence ofand occupying the width of the chair, one v

